Reported that extremist groups related to the increasing threats of Al Qaeda, the U.S. State Department hopes to respond to future crisis might occur in the deployment of U.S. troops overseas, and to train the local army. In early December, the U.S. Department of Defense sources admitted that the U.S. military soon will travel to Mali, to thwart the threat of Islamic extremists, including al-Qaeda members. Department of Defense News, Mali is a 2013 deployment of U.S. military African countries.

Messages obtained by The Associated Press, U.S. soldiers in the New Year was sent overseas to help train and equip the local army, but is not allowed participating in military action. However, once the Department of Defense forces to perform combat missions, the defense minister will sign the order. U.S. Army Command General David Rodriguez (David Rodriguez) said: "If you want these soldiers to participate in military action, First Infantry Division, Second Brigade will be preferred, because they are ready, but there must be national defense Minister of command."

Extremist groups in order to deal with the base, the U.S. military presence in countries such as Libya, Sudan, Algeria and Niger. The United States will also train and armed army of Kenya and Somalia, for its armed confrontation Shabaab. Although the United States has been the deployment of troops in Africa more than half of the national army in Africa, and in the next year to perform 100 different training programs, but also to avoid giving cause footprint impression left in the whole of Africa.